Meet the brains behind Mophato Dance Theatre

Mophato Dance Theatre scooped top prize in the My African Dream (MAD) Battle of the Finalists. Dancing from the time he was at Diphetogo Primary School, which was well-known throughout the '90s for winning the traditional dance competitions, Kola was reluctant to join the school dance troupe because he did not like the smell of the leather dance costume. It took the persuasion of one of his sisters, and the forceful hand of his then teacher, and dance troupe coach Jesus Mosokwe, founder of reggae outfit Stepping Razor, to lure him.

"Andrew was one of the best dancers at the school.  What I did was try to instill in him that the arts could contribute to his future," Mosokwe reminisces.